Release Notes for Version 3.3.0
Please read the following notes about this Wise Owl release carefully before installing it.
Description
February 2017 Update - Trust EFT Support and Word Doc Preview
New Features
- Initial QuickBooks Online integration work. Only available to select clients for testing purposes.
- Implement MS Word document preview in browser.
- Add preview document icon to Document Register and Matter Document tab.
- Updated to current version of "Typeahead" component to improve drop down lists across Wise Owl. Should have less problems clicking and selecting items.
- Add first class support for Trust EFT Payments.
- Has an EFT Advice report (similar to Trust Cheque).
- Supports payee bank details, bank ref number (both configured via appliance settings).
- Add support for up to 3 Trust Payment Signatories (configured via appliance settings).
- When doing Save and New Receipt, the Form of Funds is remembered on the next Receipt.
- Add floating menu with scroll to top and close all tabs options. Has a per-user setting to default it on or off.
- Add Related Contact tab on Edit Contact page. Allows arbitrary contacts to be linked together in various relationships.
- Add per-User setting for default document author, used on New Document From Template page.
- Document Author field on New Document From Template page is now pinnable.
- Time Billing data entry page now expands the Notes field when you are editing.
- Added Firm Contact to firm level mail merge fields.
- Add a system wide default for Document Register sort field. Defaults to date created.
- Add support for sending emails to servers which require encryption, and username + password (eg: Gmail, Office365).
- When on a calendar / date field, pressing the down arrow now shows the calendar.
- Date fields now assume a single digit entered is for the current month and year (previously required 2 digits).
- Allow formatting of custom fields in a tabular layout - to force fields on the same row to align correctly.
- Allow Security Matrix to be reset, so an alternate matrix can be loaded.
- Filter Document Template list by Doc Group based on entered Matter on New Document page, so that only templates relevent to the matter selected are shown.
Bugs Fixed
- Prevent kicking yourself, as this causes a database error.
- Fix incorrect error message on New Receipt page if type of funds is not required.
- Fix documents login sometimes asked for an authenticator code.
- Fix authenticator app configuration errors on User page, depending on if appliance is in Online or Offline mode.
- Fix a disbursement reverting to unbilled status after confirming and posting to Reckon.
- Fix data errors with dates when a user's web browser and the Wise Owl server are in different time zones.
- Fix documents logins via MS Word can be kicked due to inactivity - now correctly expire at midnight.
- Fix error on Edit Matter page if Client Agreement is signed.
- Fix uploading a new Document Template will now change the filename and file extension.
- Fix incorrectly setting the Create field on New Document from Template page when creating documents from the Matter page.
- Fix large drop downs on dialogs on Document Register were hidden.
- Fix display glitch for list of Authors on the Edit Document and Upload Documents pages.
- Fix User Charge Rates page can have errors if no earlier dates listed.
- Fix problem where emails can have multiple attachments with the same name.
- Fix Document Register extra columns and exta filters dialogs do not have scroll bars.
- Fix automatic date formatting does not work on Custom Fields (on Contacts and Matters).
- Fix Delete Disbursement button was not enabled when all related invoices are also deleted.
- Fix Trust bank Rec can only edit the most recent bank rec, even if earlier recs have been undone. Now only lets you edit the oldest in-progress rec.
- Fix error when renaming a document extension (eg: .doc → .docx).
- Fix errors with duplicate file names for documents due to allowing leading or trailing whitespace (eg: spaces at the end of a file name).
- Fix incorrectly reporting reports are not used in a report pack import, if there is an error against a report.
- Fix unable to edit a document copy when copying a readonly (eg: Final status) document.
- Fix how document names have numbers added to the end of them if there are duplicates. Previously created duplicate documents and errors.
- Fix errors triggered when loading email attachments / zip file contents if a filename had characters which can cause security problems (eg: < > & #).
- Add missing Trust Payment line item Ref Number field.
- Fix clicking the Edit Matter Number or Edit Contact Number button causes the page to be saved, if you click it very quickly when the page is loading.
- Fix date fields are missing on Google Chrome version 56 (released Feb 2017). This fix was included in Wise Owl 3.2.1,
- Fix unable to login using Active Directory based account when no maximum password age is set in AD. This fix was included in Wise Owl 3.2.1.
- Fix Expense Recovery Delete button is enabled when should not be.
- Fix renaming a document template with only differences in case (upper vs lower case letters) causes an error.
- Fix bug where change the order of clients on a Matter can cause an error.
- Fix unable to do a Data Import from a spreadsheet with no data; causes an error and prevents further data to be ignored.
- Fix bug where incorrectly formatted or blank unique ids on Data Import spreadsheets can cause an error.
- Fix obscure issue where Wise Owl on en-US computers causes an error on startup.
- Fix rare error which can cause Reckon Accounts Web Connector to fail at random times.
- Fix all matters are imported as non-billable in PC Law CSV import.
- Fix errors when viewing certain MSG email files.
- Fix no error message shown when importing Timesheet records and specifying a non-timebilling user by initials.
- Fix potential error when importing users from spreadsheet.
- Fix attachments were not detatched and saved when appropriate option set on Upload Document page.
- Fix copying an Account in Finance module also copies the External ID.
Other Changes
- Automatically clear data in Trust Bank Rec Adjustment dialog when creating a new adjustment.
- Add a Create Blank Invoice button to the Create Invoice page.
- Improve layout of Document Edit / View page.
- Add download URL for Document on Edit / View page.
- Reduce number of listed invoices on the Receipt Register, so they do not take up as much room.
- Add hint message in the Related Matters top of the Matter page to search for all matters relating to the primary client.
- Added a Recovery Record view (previously a read-only Expense Recovery could not be saved, but had editable fields).
- Add warning and validation messages to Disbursement page if the selected contact is not a Supplier or a Client.
- Remove unused bulk actions drop down on Time Billing Register.
- No longer show a warning against Document Pack imports if there are no templates contained in it.
- Add a notification and button to remove special characters (eg: < > & #) from fields. These fields can cause security problems.
- Updated to current version of WebDAV component (which allows MS Word to load and save documents in Wise Owl databases).
- Updated to current version of all 3rd party components.
- Disable all fields on the Create Document from Template page after the Create Document button is clicked.
- Rename Trust Receipt Description field to Reason.
- Add system setting to include Draft records on the New Invoice page by default.
- List of documents shown on the Matter Documents tab includes all documents when less than 50 documents on the whole matter.
- Add error message to New Trust Receipt if the matter's primary client has no valid addresses.
- Improve performance of the Documents Select Template Fields page when loading list of fields - list is now pre-computed and cached.
- Allocate Documents page now shows documents without matters by default.
- Added warning message to all register pages when both Matter and Contact are entered, but the Contact is not Primary Client on the Matter.
- Invoices which are linked to Draft Disbursements are now shown on the Edit Disbursements page.
- Improve responsiveness of background task scheduler if there is an error.
- Add system settings to control the number of documents and date range on Allocate Documents page.
- Warning message about docs without a matter on Documents Register and Allocate Documents page now has a link to show all affected documents.
- Add warning message on New / Edit Receipt page for Date field if it is in the future.
- Add validation message to New Document Template if the template file format is not supported.
- Show users a message if one of their favourited reports is deleted.
- Improve layout of Trust Bank Rec print function when bank rec is not yet complete.
- Improve performance when saving Contacts or Matters with large numbers of custom fields.
- Improve performance when creating documents against Matters with large numbers of custom fields.
- Improve performance loading Document Register with large numbers of documents.
- When creating a zip file for documents, add validation to prevent adding documents from different matters.
- Add additional SSL certificate to internal whitelist when communicating with Wise Owl Legal admin server. This fix was included in Wise Owl 3.2.2.
- Improve error messages when doing a mail merge.
- Improve support for Lets Encrypt free SSL certificates.
- Importing Invoices via spreadsheet no longer requires a ContactNumber field; the Matter Primary Client is used by default.
- Change default when importing to be Upload a File.
- Change earliest dates allowed on imported spreadsheets to be 1900 instead of 2010.
- Show error notification for Document Templates missing from server.
- Proactive checking in overnight job for missing / orphaned Document Templates.
Reports
- Added missing Receipt Date field from Trust Receipt report.
- Add deposit details to Trust Receipt reports.
- Show correct addresses on Trust Receipt reports.
- New EFT Advice report.
- Trust Cheque and EFT Advice have details of nominated Signatory users.
- Add firm details to Trust Cheque and EFT Advice reports.
- Add Trust Bank Account details to Invoice reports.
Manual Changes Required for Installation
- None.